ETF comparison
DBEF vs EFG
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
347 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EFG would leave roughly 54.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFG is 1 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for DBEF.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DBEF vs EFG.
Top shared holdings
347 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EFG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.88% | 5.92% | 2.88% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.08% | 2.38% | 1.08% |
| 3 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.35% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 0.99% | 1.77% | 0.99% |
| 5 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.23% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 6 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.84% | 1.94% | 0.84% |
| 7 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.83% | 1.71% | 0.83% |
| 8 | SIEMENS AG | 1.06% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 9 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.76% | 1.55% | 0.76% |
| 10 | UBS GROUP AG | 0.75% | 1.56% | 0.75% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.06% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 12 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 0.69% | 1.39% | 0.69% |
Only in DBEF
320 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.57%
- SHELL PLC 1.11%
- NESTLE' SA/AG 1.11%
- MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.08%
- ALLIANZ SE 0.88%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.82%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.75%
- BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 0.71%
- SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.70%
- IBERDROLA SA 0.64%
Only in EFG
12 total- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.27%
- CAR GROUP LIMITED 0.06%
- Scout24 SE 0.06%
- COCHLEAR LIMITED 0.05%
- SEIBU HOLDINGS INC. 0.04%
- CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA 0.04%
- CSG NV 0.03%
- Investmentaktiebolaget Latour 0.03%
- Octave Intelligence PLC 0.02%
- AB Sagax 0.02%
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More comparisons with EFG
- EFG vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 52.7%
- EFG vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 49.3%
- EFG vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 49.0%
- EFG vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 48.6%
- EFG vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 48.2%
- EFG vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 46.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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